--- title: The Consortium Speaks | Erica Reshard description: Erica Reshard LCSW, LADC, ADS has worked in the human service field for over twenty-five years. She received her MSW from Southern Connecticut State University in 2015. Erica has supported marginalized populations for much of her career, developing a passion for work with the disenfranchised and individuals suffering from Urban PTSD. Erica has worked at the Emergency Shelter for men, Project M.O.R.E, the Maternal and Child Health division of the New Haven Health Department, the Department of Correction in the female facility and multiple male facilities. She is currently employed by DHMAS and works in a community mental health center. In 2015, she opened Sankofa Counseling where she provides individual counseling using a trauma-informed culturally competent approach. 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